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monday, november 21, 2011

Police pepper spray student protesters, community outraged

Jasna Hodzic / Aggie

Protesters surround Chancellor’s press conference on Saturday evening

Faculty members call for Katehi’s resignation following week of protests

By UYEN CAO Arts Editor

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Friday, police officers marched to the UC Davis Quad to confront student protesters who had set up tents the previous afternoon.

After protesters refused to leave, police arrested 10 individuals, nine of which were UC Davis students. Between arrests, a line of protesters linking arms was sprayed in the face with a thick mist of pepper spray.

Videos quickly emerged after the incident happened revealing UC Davis Police Lieutenant John Pike pepper spraying the line of non-violent protesters. Many students not linking arms used laptops and cellphones to film police action. California Aggie photographers were threatened with batons while being pushed and shoved by police officers.

According to Fatima Sbeih, a senior international relations major who attended the protest, students had been sitting peacefully and were not warned about the actions police enforcement used to

break apart a circle formed around the encampment.

“We were sitting there peacefully,” Sbeih said. “I didn’t even hear a warning for the spraying, just by the students telling us all to turn around, and then we turned and we were sprayed, just like that. One of the cops was yelling at a guy saying he’s going to spray him in the face and then grabs him in the face and sprays him. They grabbed one of the protesters and sprayed it directly in his mouth. We were there peacefully, the tents were down, they had no reason to spray us.”

The protesters had received an order from Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi to leave the premise by 3 p.m. Shortly after, a general assembly meeting took place among protesters to decide what actions should be taken.

Muneeza Rizvi, junior sociology and international relations double major, witnessed students standing in solidarity when police enforcements arrived on site.

“Our general assembly meeting didn’t

See KATEHI, page 5

By HANNAH STRUMWASSER Campus News Editor

Two unnamed UC Davis Police officers have been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the UC Davis News Service on Sunday morning. This followed a press conference on Saturday, where UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi addressed police activity during a protest that took place on the UC Davis Quad on Friday.

The press conference was slated to last until 4:30 p.m., however it ended early due to protesters chanting outside and flooding the hallways of the building.

Protesters were there in response to police action on Friday, when officers arrested 10 individuals and pepper sprayed student protesters who were sitting on the Quad linking arms.

During the press conference, which took place on campus in Surge II, Katehi and UC Davis Police Chief Annette Spicuzza fielded questions from the press.

“Our hope was that the camp would go away and the students would remain to

continue their rally and to continue with their expression of the issues. The intent was not to disperse the rally, because that is allowed. The intent was just to remove the equipment,” Katehi said.

During the press conference the chancellor said that she would be attending the rally that protesters are holding today at noon on the Quad.

Katehi also announced that the university would be forming a task force to look into the events that took place on Friday. The task force will consist of faculty, students and staff, and it will review the events and report on them within 90 days.

Katehi acknowledged that some university policies may need to be reconsidered after this task force completes its investigation.

The press conference took place among calls for the chancellor’s resignation, specifically by UC Davis assistant professor Nathan Brown and the UC Davis Faculty Association Board. When asked if she plans to resign, Katehi said no.

Approximately seven minutes before

See PRESS, page 5

News iN Brief

UC Regents meeting rescheduled for Nov. 28 The University of California Board of Regents meeting that was postponed last week due to “public safety concerns” has been rescheduled for Nov. 28.

Today’s weather Sunny High 57 Low 42

Public comment has been extended from its usual 20 minutes to an hour with UC Regents, UC staff and members of the public through a teleconference with four

UC campuses: UCSF, UCLA, UC Davis and UC Merced, as well as the Palm Beach Gardens Marriott in Palm Beach, Fla. Regents will call in from each of these campus-

Forecast Except for some stormy activity around the quad tomorrow afternoon, it looks like it is going to be a nice day today and tomorrow! For those of you driving home for Thanksgiving, prepare for some wet weather and slick roads.

Kenneth Doss, atmospheric science major Aggie Forecasting Team

es. A live stream of the meeting will be posted on the internet for other members of the public. Public comment will begin at 9 a.m.

Regents will discuss sources of

Tuesday

Wednesday

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Chance of rain

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private funding and vote on the 2012-13 budget and state funding request. They will not vote on tuition this month.

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When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, he had three missed calls from Chuck Norris.

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using “Pyramid”, an open source, Pythonbased web framework.

Yolo Natural Heritage JPA Board Meeting 5:30 p.m.

Yolo County Administration Building, Room 206, 625 Court St., Woodland The board will hold a public hearing to accept comments on the scope of HCP/ NCCP Environmental Impact Statement/ Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR).

The Edge Performance Festival Auditions 6:30 p.m. Warm-up, 7 p.m. Auditions Hickey Gym Auditions are open only to UC Davis students, faculty and staff, unless members of the public are specifically invited.

Linux Users’ Group of Davis Meeting 7 p.m.

Explorit, 3141 Fifth St. Linux Users’ Group of Davis will host a presentation on creating web applications

TUESDAY Bicycling in Davis: What Lessons Can We Learn From Europe?

Noon to 1 p.m.

The Barn Conference Room Sarah Underwood will discuss her UC Davis Master’s degree in public health research, in which she focused on exploring youth and adolescent attitudes toward bicycling, as seen in retrospect from adulthood.

Included in the talk are her subsequent travels to Europe, where she presented her findings at international conferences and obtained feedback.

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SENATE briefs ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Nov. 17 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings.

introduced by Martin, in support of a sustained occupation on the campus with the absence of police interference.

After a long discussion with the authors about legality issues, the resolution passed in a 9-2-1 vote. Zokaie and Meyerhoff voted no.

Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m.

Consideration of Old Legislation

Adam Thongsavat, ASUCD president, present Bree Rombi, ASUCD vice president, present Yena Bae, ASUCD senator, present Miguel Espinoza, ASUCD senator, present Emmanuel Diaz-Ordaz, ASUCD senator, present Andre Lee, ASUCD senator, present Amy Martin, ASUCD senator, present Mayra Martín, ASUCD senator, present Tatiana Moana Bush, ASUCD senator, present Darwin Moosavi, ASUCD senator, present Matthew Provencher, ASUCD senator, present Brendan Repicky, ASUCD senator, present Rebecca Sterling, ASUCD senator, present Ryan Meyerhoff, ASUCD senator, present

Presentations Exceptional Presence at senate award was given to Rebecca Sterling and Matt Provencher.

Most Legislation Written awarded to Andre Lee. Michael John Tucker Leadership Award was given to Darwin Moosavi.

The Hottie Hot Hot award was given to Tatiana Bush and Matt Provencher.

Diaz-Ordaz, Sterling, Moosavi, Provencher, Bush and Lee said their farewells.

Anni Kimball, Justin Goss, Patrick Sheehan, Yara Zokaie, Erica Padgett and Jared Crisologo-Smith were sworn in as senators.

Appointments and confirmations Bae was elected as the new protempore.

Zokaie was appointed as a senate representative to the Student Health and Wellness Committee.

Consideration of Urgent Legislation Senate Resolution 3, authored by Crisologo-Smith, co-authored by Bush, Diaz-Ordaz, Espinoza, Martín, Montelongo and Repicky, to denounce recent hate crimes committed on the UC Davis campus and reaffirm their support of our Principles of Community. The table and the public talked with the StudentPolice Relations representative. The table also added a part to the resolution that stated it was against The California Aggie running a particular column. The resolution passed unanimously.

Senate Resolution 4, authored by Roberts, Barcello, Tajada, Knouse, Baker, Kealoha, Samaan and Altenberg, co-authored by Goss and Sandstrom,

Senate Bill 25, authored by Lee, coauthored by Bush, authorizing the complete transfer of funds from the ASUCD Scholarship Fund to the ASUCD Awards Endowment Fund, was tabled.

Senate Bill 27, authored by Martin, to clarify closed session proceedings, passed unanimously.

Senate Bill 28, authored by Hu, co-authored by Chu, Ho, Lee and Thongsavat, to allocate $34,574.72 from Capital Reserves to fund capital costs for custom garment printing at Campus Copies/Classical Notes, and to make amendments to the Campus Copies/Classical Notes annual operating budget to reflect new income and expenses. Repicky said he would like it if they could put something in the bill about eventually switching over to sweatshopfree companies regarding the t-shirts they buy. The bill passed unanimously.

Senate Bill 31, authored by Rombi, coauthored by Bae, Montelongo, Provencher and Stone, to amend the procedural time periods for the ASUCD Scholarship Committee, passed unanimously.

Senate Bill 32, authored by Repicky, coauthored by Bush and De Los Reyes, to allocate $330.00 from Senate Reserves to fund the third annual ASUCD Financial Aid Awareness Week. Business and Finance Commission had a problem with the bill. The table discussed raffling gift cards to the UC Davis Bookstore and the ASUCD Coffee House. The bill passed in a 9-1-2 vote, Meyerhoff voted no.

Senate Bill 34, authored by Lee, coauthored by Maemura and Rombi, to clarify language governing ASUCD Reserves and institute bylaws governing ASUCD Endowments in the ASUCD Bylaws, was tabled.

Public discussion Jerome Wren came with the UC Black Coalition and spoke about the hate crime at the Students of Color Conference, the swastikas and “white power” that were drawn around campus, and the column titled “Jungle Fever” that ran in The Aggie. He said he felt it was inappropriate to publish the article. He also talked about the hate crimes that have gone unnoticed by police on campus.

Osahon Ekhator spoke about the racist issues on campus as well. He demanded a formal apology and recognition from The Aggie.

A student said they want to see the policy for which the police document things to change. They also want Aggie writers to go to diversity training, along with first-year and transfer students.

Padgett said that she appreciated everyone who put effort into the Students of Color Conference.

See SENATE, page 4

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testers is the fact they were involved with reacting to them at all.

The protesting students were advised with a written warning to remove their Evan tents, people have argued.

White But, logically speaking, why would the demonstrators, who are protesting the very system that ordered them to disband, comply? When has silent compliance gained the oppressed change? Why, with the throng of police officers before them, t’s hard for me to imag- equipped with rubber bullets, tear gas, batons and ine just exactly how pepper spray, “riot gear” as bad it is to get a faceit is called, would the profull of pepper spray. testers concede to the auWhat’s even more diffithority seeking to abolish cult for me to understand is how it might have felt to their efforts and quell their sit on the ground with my collective voice?

Why — and perhaps this arms entwined in a show is a better question — were of peaceful solidarity and the police ever summoned be subjected to what has to disband a collection of become the catchphrase peaceful of our time, student “Police We must ask ourselves now, is protesters?

Brutality.”

The simthe money we are paying for our Who made this call, ple yet glareducation worth it? this deing idiom cision, to has come to enact this violence on this signify so much, has come to represent an amalgama- campus?

The answer, which has tion of so many separate inbeen widely circulated, is cidents that to use it now makes each seem connect- our chancellor. The head of our campus, our academed to a collective whole. ic lives, the individual in There’s a difference here between other instances of power because of the money we give in exchange for “police brutality” and the our education, which is, one enacted on Friday on our Quad. Most of the inci- written or otherwise, a human right. dents we think of when we We as the student body hear the phrase involve individualized action. That is, are the ones paying for instead of a battalion of po- her authority, we are the ones affording her the lice officers responding to privilege of overseeing a non-violent protest, they involve an officer, or some- our university and our campus and our academtimes two, taking liberties with their power for su- ic lives. We are the ones leaving college the most premacy in a momentary circumstance. It seems im- indebted generation ever, and are doing so while her portant not to confuse the salary increases as tuition two. affordability decreases.

On one side is an offiIndirectly or otherwise, cer clearly outside the law, such as when a police offi- as the head of our unicer shot an unarmed man versity, to whom we all pay thousands of dollars at BART a few years ago. a quarter, we are funding On the other is one well within it, well within what her leadership, her position, and, what’s more, her he was expected to do. decision to enact violence Which, somehow, doesn’t against us. feel comforting. Where We must ask ourselves the isolated officer in the now, is the money we are BART station was acting paying for our education as a separate, unconnectworth it? Maybe that seems ed agent of his own volilike an easy question. But, tion, the officer on Friday is it so easy that the deciwas acting on behalf of sion to protest comes imanother. mediately to all of us?

I’ve never stood before a I would imagine the proline of seated, peaceful protesters from Friday, our coltesters and had to decide leagues, our instructors, whether or not to drench our peers, our friends — them in pepper spray, so I our chemical-burned, beatcan’t really empathize with en friends would say, withthe man. But, in this inout faltering, without hesistance, where empathy tating and without resignamight usually be a positive thing, I’m glad I can’t. More tion, yes. concerning than how he and his fellow officers reEVAN WHITE can be reached at emwhite@ ucdavis.edu. acted to the crowd of pro-

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a channel. Linking arms with friends and strangers, I felt a sense of community and purpose greater than I’ve ever felt before.

Then the waiting game Kate began as the chancellor reZarrella fused to leave the building. Unfortunately for her, we were determined to be heard and willing to ignore the cold and the lure of a relaxing Saturday night to outwait her.

After two hours, people feel insulted, I feel betrayed, I feel horrified and, dropped off dry Top Ramen for us, and another protestquite frankly, I feel more er also arranged a collecunsafe on campus than I have ever felt. Yet, after being tion for pizza money, and part of the protest outside the eventually we got enough food to feed everyone prespress conference Saturday, ent. It was a blessing since, I feel impressed by the eloquence of my fellow students. like me, a lot of protesters had not eaten in a long time, Like so many others, I’d since no one had expected assumed that violence tothe press conference. ward protesters was someThose of us who had thing that only happened in smartphones Facebooked, New York or Oakland, not in tweeted and streamed our Davis where there are more stories out onlookers to the world, than demWe stood to say that we have a utilizing the onstrators.

If someone right to our education, our opinions only advanwe have told me that and, most importantly, to our safety tage as young our campus tech savpolice would vy people. We were dumbpepper spray and attack our founded to hear that the stostudents for expressing their ry of our protest had reached right to free speech, I would CNN, Yahoo and Google. The not have believed them. press had come, we’d gone viThough the actions of our chancellor and the UC Davis ral and our voice had finally been heard.

Police Department disapDespite the world watchpoint me, the united, eloing, it took an interfaith minquent and democratic reister, who was not previoussponse of students to the inly involved with the protest, cident reaffirms my faith in to get the chancellor to listen the quality of this campus. and finally begin to comproOn Saturday, those of mise with us. us outraged by the pepper We requested that she walk spraying gathered outside by us and look us in the eye, Surge II to send a message hoping for a semblance of acto our chancellor. We stood countability from her. She reto say that we have a right to quested that we move to one our education, our opinions and, most importantly, to our side, sit down and allow her car to be driven to the street. safety.

Eager to enter into the diaTo say the start of the prologue, we complied. test was chaotic would be After three hours of waitan understatement, but in ing patiently in the cold, the all the noise and confusion, few hundred of us present sat several students came forside-by-side, linking arms to ward to lead us. They all had show solidarity with the pepties to the pepper spray inciper sprayed protesters. dent, one having been pepOur silence was louder per sprayed herself, the other having watched his friends be than our chants had been, as a line of us, stretching from attacked and arrested.

Their stories and pain were Surge II all the way to the Science Lecture hall, watched enough to move me to tears. as Chancellor Katehi walked Wanting to ensure that to her SUV and drove away anyone who wanted to hear safely. or be heard could, we develWe were respectful, we oped a democratic system were peaceful and above all, of speaking and voting. After we were successful. agreeing to keep the proIt was an empowering and test non-violent and respectcathartic experience to be ful, someone suggested that with others as hurt as I was. we make a human pathway To me, the response of our through which Chancellor students reaffirmed the inKatehi could leave her press credible compassion and inconference. telligence of this community.

With a unanimous show So now, I call on all of you of thumbs up, we approved to stand for what you believe the suggestion, wanting a in. Or sit for it, you choose. chance to let our chancellor see our indignation and sadness. Without hesitation, the KATE ZARRELLA would like to hear what you hundreds of us standing out- would be willing to sit down for at kazarrella@ ucdavis.edu. side Surge II moved to make

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Affordable Care Act expands to cover women’s health services UC Davis remains in old health care model

By SARA ISLAS Aggie News Writer

UC Davis students could receive free preventative care services ranging from diet counseling to vaccines to lab testing at the on-campus Student Health and Wellness Center (SHWC). But they are paying.

Since Sept. 23, 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has mandated that all health insurance plans cover clinical preventative services without patient co-pay. Effective August 2012, the ACA is expanding mandated coverage to include women’s preventative health services, such as well-woman visits (such as pelvic and physical exams, health tests and immunizations) and contraception.

UC Davis students cannot use their health insurance on campus at SHWC, so they cannot benefit from the free services the ACA provides.

Nationwide, universities are making the switch to the new model of on-campus health care that acts as a fully functioning clinic, providing students a wider range of care and allowing them to bill their insurance and benefit from the free preventative care services that the ACA requires.

Bowling Green University, Southern Georgia University and University of Massachusetts are only a few of many universities that have switched to the in-network model.

Dr. Glenn Egelman, former health services director at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, calls it a crisis.

“Students at UC Davis are strug-

gling to pay for rising tuition,” Dr. Egelman said. “On top of that, they pay for health insurance that they can’t use at the new, multi-million dollar health center?”

Virginia Bryant, a SHWC insurance services employee, said her department doesn’t have access to the number of students that already pay for health insurance before coming to UC Davis.

Bryant said the great thing about the center is the availability of their services to all registered UC Davis students regardless of their health insurance coverage.

“Most people we see have the UC Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) and that’s about 13,000 to 14,000 students,” Bryant said.

All UC Davis students are required to have an insurance plan in order to enroll in classes. That means, the majority of UC Davis students have opted out of SHIP and are insured under a private plan.

Students pay the same price for general visits, specialist visits and some lab-tests whether or not they have SHIP. This is a low fee that is subsidized by the university.

Dr. Egelman said that the current system at SHWC is resulting in revenue losses and unnecessary student costs.

“If students could bill their insurance, the SHWC would not have to subsidize payments,” he said. “Insurance would pay about five times the amounts of subsidized student payments.”

Dr. Egelman said the University of California still bases its health care off the old model of on-campus health

care, but is working to aid them in the transition.

“The old model was to help students with small issues and get them to the nearest hospital quickly,” he said. “But with the inception of a new multi-million dollar facility, that model is obviously changing so that it can serve more students more thoroughly.”

Emily Mekinna, a junior international relations major, said she wonders why UC Davis hasn’t made the switch yet.

“We just build this brand new health center where we can do all sorts of things that the old clinic couldn’t do,” she said. “Our facility was upgraded, shouldn’t we upgrade our system?”

Transitioning to becoming an in-network facility is a laborious process, according to Bryant. SHWC would have to credential of its all health care providers and implement a new system of submitting bills and collecting payments.

The university can take two paths to becoming in-network: hire more employees to facilitate the transition or outsource the job to a company, such as Vivature Health LLC. Dr. Egelman, who is also the chief medical officer at Vivature, said that they service universities around the nation.

“Becoming in-network is immediately cost-effective,” he said. “Every university we have worked for has thanked us, students, health providers and administration alike.”

SARA ISLAS can be reached at city@theaggie.org.

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Response to student feedback The California Aggie would like to express thanks to all of the students and community members who commented on and directly addressed disappointment and upset over the column “Jungle Fever,” which ran in The California Aggie last Tuesday.

It is important that newspapers be considered a place for self-expression and a catalyst for facilitating discussion on important issues, such as cultural misconceptions and racism.

To further ensure that this is done in a sensitive and constructive manner, staff of The California Aggie will be participating in diversity training. We would like to encourage

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Police brutality unacceptable

and support all members of the campus community in increasing awareness of cultural diversity on campus.

We would like to continue discussions with the Black Student Union and any other groups on campus that feel their needs as a community have not been met by their campus newspaper. Without this input, we would not be able to improve as a newspaper and as individuals.

The California Aggie, like all things at UC Davis, is an educational experience for readers and staff alike. We encourage our fellow students to apply for columnist or reporting positions and help shape The Aggie into what they would like to see.

On Friday, UC Davis campus police used pepper spray to break up student protesters sitting and linking arms on the Quad. This travesty came at the end of a week of peaceful student protests in defense of public education.

This was completely unacceptable, uncalled for and inappropriate. Police should not have used pepper spray or excessive force on peaceful protesters, and the people responsible for these actions need to be held accountable.

Lieutenant John Pike, the officer who stepped over students to pepper spray them in the face, should immediately be removed from his position

as a campus police officer. The actions he took against peaceful protesters were inexcusable. Furthermore, any other police officers who abused their power during this ordeal should also be removed from the police force.

Chief Annette Spicuzza needs to correct her misleading justification for the police actions, which she made during a press conference. John Pike stepping over students is clear evidence that police officers were not entrapped by protesters, as Spicuzza said.

Campus police should strive to protect students, and the act of pepper spraying the protesters was a clear viola-

tion of this goal. The university should revisit policies about using any kind of violence against peaceful student protesters, and changes should be made.

Students should and need to be able to feel safe on campus.

Chancellor Katehi announced Saturday that a task force made up of students, faculty and staff will be investigating the incident, and will report back to her in 30 days.

This investigation should be more immediate.

We, The California Aggie editorial board, support the student protesters, and hope the university rights these wrongs immediately.

Letters to the editor I watched the actions of Friday unfold on my Twitter feed.

Saturday morning, I woke up to see the name of my university on the front page of The Huffington Post and on the pages of countless other national news outlets.

I would have hoped UC Davis had found the cure for cancer or a way to help solve world hunger. No. We are famous for police brutality.

I must admit that I’ve tried to ignore the protests and rallies that have been happening in the last few months. When protesters interrupted my class in Wellman on Thursday, I was upset. While I support free speech and the right to protest, I am here to learn, not to be shouted at. I have papers to write, two jobs to work and exams to study for.

But after Friday, I can no longer close my eyes to the events happening around me. Instead of working on final papers this weekend, I’ve been glued to the internet, watching and waiting for a proper reaction from the UC Davis administration.

Protestors on Friday were wrong not to comply with police. But the police took the prize when they refused to comply with the basic codes of humanity.

I do not pay for a police department that will pepper spray peaceful protestors. I do not pay for a school that then must clean up the mess by sending the fire department to wash out my peers’ burning eyes and throats. I have not committed to years and years of future student debt so that I can watch my fellow students writhe in pain in a YouTube video.

The last time I checked, this was a public university in the United States. My professors teach me about free speech and the importance of non-violence.

We use our words, not our weapons. We use our pens, not our pepper spray.

UC Davis is my home. UC Davis is a place where people are friendly and welcoming. UC Davis is not a place where brutality should be or will be tolerated.

Chancellor Katehi, how could you possibly let this happen?

Corrie Jacobs Junior English major

I am writing to express my sadness and horror in response to the images from the Nov. 19 incident at the UC Davis campus. I graduated from one of my state’s public universities, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. I cried as I watched people I consider fellow students react in pain to the unprovoked spraying of pepper spray at close range. I will be reading The Aggie for updates and will be on the lookout for any opportunities to help and support.

Abigail Franklin Sandwich, MA Chancellor Katehi, I once had the pleasure of participating at an event at UC Davis and was amazed by the wonderful campus community. What I witnessed today by the UC Davis police was shameful, unnecessary and will forever change my impression of the beautiful UC Davis campus.

Your remarks in the press are unfortunate at best. I agree with the calls for your resignation and I expect several members of the so-called police force to be prosecuted themselves. What a dark and sad day for an otherwise wonderful community.

Scott Barnwell President, Mountain GIS Consulting I respect the university’s right and obligation to ensure safety on its campuses, subject to and in accordance with applicable laws. I believe that the university has violated those laws, both at the recent protests at Berkeley and Friday at Davis, but that is not my primary reason for writing you today. In our time of deep financial cuts, I am very concerned that the university’s interest in stopping protests through violence will harm the public’s view of the university and, therefore, have the unintended consequence of impacting fundraising.

I am a donor to the university and, while I continue to support the university, I have to say that I do factor in the university’s behavior when doing so. By acting with violence on non-violent protesters, the university may solve its immediate problem but it loses in the long run if donors withhold funding as a result.

I urge you to stop the violence and start thinking strategically.

Yes, the whole world is watching.

Matt Burrows UC Berkeley class of 1987

I’m a retired New Haven detective with 27 years of service.

I was among the officers in the ’70s assigned to the Vietnam War and Black Panther trial as thousands demonstrated, including Yale students, publicly expressing their convictions. I did not witness the misuse of justice due to the leadership of then Chief James Ahern.

He clarified the constitutional rights of the participants and ordered that it be respected. It was a proud period.

The spraying of pepper spray in the face of anyone by a police officer is a defensive action that should be used only when necessary to protect another or the officer. Decisions by leadership thus far are confirmed invalid by the presence of videos –– thus undermining the creditability of the institution itself.

Our constitution is not to be denied for the sake of convince or political preference.

Thomas F. Morrissey, Jr. Cheshire, CT I was a lecturer at UC Davis for 38 years, retiring in July 2009. After watching the video of Chancellor Katehi’s exit from Surge II, I can honestly say that I have never been so proud of UC Davis students as I am today.

Disciplined non-violence in response to violence is the most powerful speech there is.

Congratulations, folks. Keep on keeping on.

Bay Butler Retired lecturer, agricultural economics

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The California Aggie welcomes letters from its readers. Letters must be typed and no longer than 200 words. As The Aggie attempts to represent a diversity of viewpoints on its letters page, we reserve the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Publication is not guaranteed, and letters become the property of The California Aggie.

The incident of non-violent protesters being pepper sprayed has sent shock waves here in Canada. It is a disgusting incident which puts shame on your institution and frankly, your country as well. How can you call yourself a place of higher learning when you respond to protest in this manner?

Linda Katehi should resign, plain and simple. She is responsible for this incident and her continued employment at the university adds insult to injury.

SHE HAS TO GO! Roberto Rosenman Toronto, Canada Dear Chancellor Linda Katehi, Like tens of thousands of UC Davis alumni, my family and I were appalled by the behavior of campus police last week. The image of peacefully submissive people being pepper sprayed will become iconic for our troubled times. The fact that it happened anywhere is tragic, but on the UC Davis campus is particularly horrifying to those of us who recall the atmosphere at Davis 1968-70. When, after the tragedy at Kent State, university and college campuses in California were closed for four days to avert violence during student demonstrations, Chancellor James H. Meyer encouraged a campuswide dialogue on the Vietnam War for the remainder of the quarter.

More than 40 years later, I have students from that era and their children and grandchildren in my classes at Cal Poly speak of that time as the most formative in their education.

Friday’s pepper spraying goes far beyond raising “many questions about how best to handle situations like this” as you put it in Saturday’s letter to the campus community. It was simply unacceptable from any standpoint. It’s not something than can be resolved by a process of policy review in the echelons of power. Such a breakdown of the uses of authority in the university setting came close to destroying higher education in America during the 1960s. As you walked through the three blocks long gauntlet of silence from the university community you must have recognized that only genuine contrition for what has occurred and openness to a new set of solutions can resolve this impasse.

You still have an opportunity to follow your predecessor, Jim Meyer’s example by encouraging dialogue with the Occupy movement’s justifiable critique of economic inequality in America. A real discourse can only exist in an environment where all parties feel safe and legitimate freedom of expression is guaranteed.

That’s what a true university is all about.

To achieve this you need to immediately suspend all members of the university security force and line of administration who were involved in the incident. Impartial disciplinary hearings need to be convened in an atmosphere of complete transparency.

Open leadership in all sectors of society is the only hope for America. Please reach out to the campus community with its diversity of voices. A conversation is still possible.

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Daniel E. Krieger Ph.D. UC Davis, 1973 Professor Emeritus, Cal Poly State University To the Davis City Council, Whether you agree or disagree with the various manifestations of the “Occupy” movement throughout our community, our country and our world, one thing is indisputable: the use of violence in the face of nonviolent, peaceable assembly is unconscionable. It is the mark of dictatorship and not the face of freedom.

In light of recent events, it is your moral responsibility to reinforce this principle for the City of Davis to the world now watching us.

Those who choose to ignore an important fact — that the wellbeing of the greater Davis community is inextricably linked to the economic, social and cultural welfare of the UC Davis campus community — may say that what transpired last Friday does not pose a moral issue for the City of Davis at all. After all, the police response involved at the UC Davis demonstration was outside the city limits, with apparently only members of the UC Davis Police Department wielding riot gear and pepper spray at UC Davis students.

However, as you are probably aware, members of the City of Davis Police Department were in fact on the scene, playing a secondary, supporting role as a responder to UCDPD’s request for “mutual aid.” Despite this secondary role, our City peace officers were seen by millions around the world participating in the suppression of students who, while passively resisting, were actively engaged in exercising their constitutional freedoms to speak out. Secondary or not, it is our obligation as a freedom-loving community to clearly and formally articulate our values so that there be no misunderstanding.

In short, going forward, the city must make a public commitment to deal with non-violence non-violently, whether it be at the Occupy Davis protest at Central Park, the Occupy UC Davis protest on campus or beyond. I ask that all concerned community members join me in this call.

Lamar Heystek Former Davis City Council member Dear Chancellor Katehi, I am writing to you in protest of the unnecessary police brutality that occurred on the UC Davis campus. Having participated in a peaceful change of government in Serbia as a student in the ’90s, I was struck by the video of UC police, funded by the citizens of California, attacking peaceful student protestors with pepper spray. This kind of barbaric behavior is worse than I have ever experienced, even when dealing with a police force that was protecting an autocratic regime. I feel that this type of action is absolutely unacceptable, as is your defense of the act.

While I understand that part of your responsibility is to maintain a productive working environment on your campus, your commitments to the freedom of

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speech, non-violence and your students should come first, and I request that you do everything in your power to identify and punish the members of the UC police who ordered and carried out the despicable acts on your campus.

Dr. Milan Mashanovitch UCSB adjunct professor, electrical and computer engineering I continue to be disturbed by Friday’s incidents on the UC Davis campus Quad, especially because I was there physically.

There seem to be many loopholes in our Chancellor’s logic for why police action was required in the first place. It is a glaring contradiction that the same UCDPD team that was called to the scene to ensure the safety and health of the demonstrators also sprayed them with noxious chemicals.

But what I am really really appalled from watching the press conference video is the lack of any remorse or any semblance of an apology from Chief Annette Spicuzza or a desire to take responsibility for her actions and those of the officers she directly commands, and what clearly looks like disproportionate show of force against peaceful and unarmed student demonstrators.

You can hear her “I dont knows,” “I was not there” and I am not sure” comments for yourself in videos. This is certainly not the America I expected or look forward to living in! This feels more like a third world country without any sort of accountability or the concept of chain of command. To me, Spicuzza seems to want to save her skin and not appear culpable. I suspect she will proffer a sacrificial scapegoat in due course from the lower echelons of her police force so that her role in this debacle may never be called into question.

Today I am very proud of the maturity, the peaceful civil dis-obedience and the dedication of my fellow students at UC Davis to what they believe in. I am equally ashamed of the UCDPD’s behavior –– they behaved like brainless thugs who needed to take out their frustration via physical violence on someone.

Personally, I have a soft corner for Chancellor Katehi because she is someone who was once an international graduate student just like I am now. She has moved up the ranks, which is tough to achieve for a woman, even in academia that is a meritocracy. I now wait to see if our Chancellor will make a sincere and honest effort to restore public and student confidence, in her and the rest of the UC Davis administration –– the manner in which the independent inquiry panel is constituted, the powers and the access this panel is granted to conduct its inquiry and how its findings and recommendations are followed will be the true measure of whether the Chancellor can walk her talk.

As for UCDPD, I will always obey them because I obey the law of the land. But will I respect them? Never ever again.

Anand K.S. Rao UC Davis plant biology Ph.D. candidate

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UC Davis students lobby against tuition hikes in Sacramento Students and faculty leaders held press conference to address the budget cuts

By STEPHANIE B. NGUYEN Aggie News Writer

Last Wednesday, UC Davis students joined UC Berkeley students in Sacramento to lobby legislators in a press conference and rally regarding the UC budget cuts and tuition hikes.

About 100 students, approximately 50 from UC Davis and 50 from UC Berkeley, bused to the state capital early Wednesday morning and congregated on the steps of the California State Capitol to address decision makers and speak out against the state’s role in the recent cuts to public higher education. The event was well attended by the press as student

and faculty leaders took turns addressing the crowd of reporters.

The event was organized with the help of Joey Freeman, UC Berkeley (ASUC) External Affairs Vice President, in the wake of the announcement that potential automatic trigger cuts of almost $2 billion could directly affect higher education.

“We’re here in Sacramento to make a powerful message that we need the legislature to reinvest in higher education,” said Freeman in his speech. “This is not a time where we can have more cuts, where we can have our tuition continue to go up, and that’s all the more reason that we’re here, to let them know that that has to stop.”

Before the press conference began at 11 a.m., students and administrators gathered to prepare.

“We had a room reserved in the building where we congregated, made tons and tons of phone calls to the ‘big five,’ signed postcards to

the governor in favor of Proposition 13 reform, and made signs for our press conference,” said Jonathan Stein, UC student regent-designate.

The “big five” includes Gov. Jerry Brown, speaker of the assembly John Perez, Assembly Minority Leader Connie Conway, Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg, and Senate Minority Leader Robert Dutton.

Proposition 13 refers to the constitutional amendment that brought changes to the California property tax system.

“Reforming [Proposition 13] will help fund our public priorities, like public higher education,” Stein said.

“There is a University of California Student Association (UCSA) campaign currently underway to get tens of thousands of postcards signed by students urging the governor to support Proposition 13 reform.”

Those who participated in the rally felt that it was an important supplement to the various protest

sENATE Cont. from page 2 Barbara Bonaparte, Black Student Union (BSU) president, said there have been a lot of things attacking the African American community on campus, and thanked the senators on behalf of the BSU.

movements taking place on UC campuses across the state.

“We’ve realized that students need to look at all fronts, including lobbying,” said Adam Thongsavat, ASUCD president. “We chose to focus on Sacramento because they have a huge part, if not the biggest part. We need to put pressure on the regents, on the state of California, on local leaders, and on community members. No one should be spared from this conversation, because it affects everyone. We all need to be united and to offer any resources we can.”

Freeman agreed.

“We think it’s incredibly important and powerful to be here in Sacramento standing jointly with our administration,” Freeman said.

“We are all on the same page. We all care about an affordable and accessible public education system.”

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Another student and member of BSU, said she felt it is unacceptable that these hate crimes were allowed to happen and nobody took the time to investigate them. She said that she does not feel safe on campus.

Edd Montelongo, Ethnic and Cultural Affairs Commission chair, said that he thinks that the table needs to reaffirm its support for people from underrepresented minorities.

The Aggies of Color are putting on a town hall meeting at Soc Sci 1100 on Monday at 7:30 p.m.

Willee Roberts from the Occupy movement came to talk to the table. He said there are no leaders out there, anything they say is not reflecting the group. They discussed passing a resolution, which was approved by the Occupy movement group, to support the Occupy movement on campus. The table and the authors discussed what peaceful meant to them.

Meeting adjourned at 2:58 a.m.

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not going to do that.”

One anti-Dempsey Report speaker invoked the pedophilia allegations levied against former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky as an example of the evils brought forth by “big-time athletics,” while another suggested that the university raise revenue by building an on-campus golf course.

The meeting also featured Vice Chancellor Fred Wood’s announcement that the Dan Wilson, Chair of the Academic Federation, would be added to the Recruitment Advisory Committee — the body charged with providing suggestions to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi before she makes chooses and athletic director.

Wilson brings the committee membership to 16.

The committee will now begin meeting to discuss potential candidates, with a final decision expected to be made in late-winter or early-spring.

Cont. from page 6 UC Davis athletics. All that potential we saw is gone. The report has nailed what I’ve been trying to say.”

Perry’s sentiments were later echoed by the first football player to speak at a town hall meeting — redshirt freshman Jacob Waas.

“Dr. Dempsey provided an in-depth analysis that UC Davis can use to exploit its strengths, improve in its weaknesses and explore its opportunities,” Waas said.

“I’m here to say let’s take that step forward.”

While the Dempsey Report certainly received support at the meeting, there was also a fair amount of frustration stated as well.

“Every student athlete is a part of this community,” said senior water polo player Lindsay Sutterley. “We want to make the sports strive to be TREVOR CRAMER can be reached at sports@ their best, but cutting sports is theaggie.org.

KATEHI Cont. from front page end on a completely decisive note. Some protesters wanted to defend the encampment while others thought packing up and reconvening on Monday might be a better plan,” Rizvi said. “But once folks saw 30 cops clad in full riot gear marching toward peaceful students, an overwhelming sense of loyalty and solidarity seemed to wash over the Quad, and a large group of students — some of whom weren’t initially keen on staying — began linking arms and chanting. I remember uncovering my eyes for a moment to see my friend David’s face dripping with pepper spray.

He was facing the sky, practically screaming in agony.”

After the student protesters were sprayed, more students were physically moved by authorities onto the grass area where they were restrained with plastic handcuffs.

“We struggled to keep our ground,” said Evan Loker, a senior comparative literature student who was pepper sprayed. “I felt them pulling at our limbs, began twisting and thrashing us in an attempt to dislodge us. At least one of the officers kept gassing us even while this was happening.”

Around 15 pepper-sprayed students were treated with water and baking soda donated by the ASUCD Coffee House. Volunteers rushed to purchase other anti-acids. Within the hour, the UC Davis Fire Department came to treat those who were still in pain.

“We were lucky to have people there who knew how to treat these injuries,” Loker said on Saturday. “Although my hands and forehead still burned as of this morning.”

The events on Friday came at the end of a week of student protests. The Occupy Davis encampment, in Central Park, has been in effect for over a month, but during an afternoon rally on Tuesday, with an attendance estimated by protesters to be around 2,000 people, the focus shifted to occupying campus buildings.

Students slept overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in Mrak Hall in opposition to the 81 per-

VOLLEY

as she addressed the crowd to say goodbye to two of the cornerstones of the program.

With the chances of UC Davis making an NCAA Tournament berth slim, the Aggies will now take a short break before beginning to focus on next year.

Even with two big pieces missing, Holmes believes UC Davis volleyball can continue to move forward as a program.

“We have young players who can step in,” Holmes said. “Right now is a time for rest, and after that there’s a lot of motivation to work hard in the off-season.”

Cont. from page 6 Davis history.

“It meant a lot,” Denny said . “It feels good to go out like this. I am very proud of the way we played.”

Junior Allison Whitson led the Aggies with 12 kills, follow

by Sedlak with 11. Whitson also tallied 11 digs, four behind fellow junior Caroline Mercado’s game high 15.

Denny finished with seven kills and three digs in the match.

The game was followed by senior day ceremonies.

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CRAMER Cont. from page 6 all year?

It raises questions about the leadership on the team, the players’ effort and the coaches’ ability to have their players ready to play.

It’s easy to get fired up for rival-

cent fee hikes proposed over the next four years. Students were evicted from the administration building on Wednesday afternoon and Mrak Hall was closed to business.

On Wednesday morning, buses of students went to the Sacramento state Capitol to advocate against fee hikes. This came partially in response to the cancellation of the UC Board of Regents meeting that had been scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. The meeting has since been rescheduled for Nov. 28.

Others went to San Francisco to participate in Occupy SF. Occupy SF held a non-violent sitin at Bank of America. Out of the many participants, at least 12 UC Davis students were arrested and cited after refusing to leave the bank.

On Thursday, another general assembly was held and students set up tents on the Quad.

Thursday night was active for many participants. Students exchanged information about their legal rights and what they may face if arrested. Potluck dinners fed the crowd.

“The people who participated in the protest were largely students who were standing on university property — that is, student property — in the middle of the day,” Rizvi said. “I don’t understand Katehi’s logic.”

Following police actions on Friday, various faculty members expressed concerns through released public statements and Twitter and Facebook posts.

Nathan Brown, an assistant professor in the English Department, sent an open letter to Chancellor Katehi, calling for her resignation.

“You are responsible for the police violence directed against students on the UC Davis quad on November 18, 2011,” Brown wrote. “As I said, I am writing to hold you responsible and to demand your immediate resignation on these grounds.”

At press on Sunday, a change. org petition calling for Katehi’s resignation had nearly 40,000 signatures.

UC Davis Professor of cinema and technocultural studies Bob Ostertag released an e-mail to students saying that action of

FOOTBALL Cont. from page 6 Biggs, a former UC Davis and Canadian Football League quarterback, showed his quickness when he avoided the ice-cold Gatorade shower as he made his way to the post-game handshake.

Now, after months of hard work, the Aggies season has come to an abrupt end.

With the long off-season now upon them, Biggs explained the importance of ending the season with a win. “[This game] helps a lot,” he said. “We’re a young football team and we have a lot of players returning. Their effort has been second to none. To end in a game like this and go into the off-season with a team that feels good about themselves, it means a lot.”

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ry games, but this season has been characterized more by frustrating losses than thrilling victories.

The bottom line is that the final record of 4-7 does not fairly reflect the talent on the field, but it does reflect the way the team played this season.

And while we should all take out time to bask in the glory of the vic-

linking arms was misunderstood by police officers.

“Throughout my life I have seen, and sometimes participated in, peaceful civil disobedience protests in which sitting and linking arms is understood by both police and citizens as a posture that indicates the clearest possible way available to them, protesters’ intent to be non-violent,” Ostertag said.

UC Davis students and faculty took to Twitter Friday night to spread information about the day’s protest. A video of police using pepper spray on students was widely spread through both Twitter and Facebook, and the event has since been reported many national and international news sources.

Alumni and community members took to the UC Davis Facebook page to express disapproval of campus authorities.

Around 9 p.m. on Friday, Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi released a campuswide letter stating that “the group was informed in writing this morning that the encampment violated regulations designed to protect the health and safety of students, staff and faculty. The group was further informed that if they did not dismantle the encampment, it would have to be removed.”

On Saturday afternoon, Chancellor Katehi released a follow up statement mentioning the creation a task force made of faculty, students and staff to review the past week’s events. The letter also mentioned potentially changing the campus policy on protests.

“If our policies do not allow our students enough flexibility to express themselves, then we need to find a way to improve these policies and make them more effective and appropriate,” Katehi said.

Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on theaggie.org on Nov. 19. A previous edition of the article stated that students went to Sacramento and San Francisco on Thursday. These events occurred on Wednesday.

Becky Peterson and Hannah Strumwasser contributed to this article. Cao, Peterson and Strumwasser can be reached at campus@theaggie.

tory over Sacramento State, we should also keep in mind that this year’s rivalry games were only part of the story this season.

If this team plans to move forward it needs to change its mindset and it needs to do it fast.

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PRESS Cont. from front page the press conference was supposed to end, protesters’ chants could be heard from outside.

Protesters managed to get inside the building, and some forced their way into the room the press conference was being held in.

After being asked to leave the building, a group of an estimated 700 people stood outside, forming a human pathway for the chancellor to walk through, which they called “the walk of shame.”

The group of protesters included undergraduate and graduate students, alumni and community members.

“I came out because I felt the way the students were being treated was inappropriate. The violence that was put on them was unnecessary because they were not doing anything, they were just protesting. Even if it was an issue of having tents on campus, it was inappropriately dealt with,” said Neda Yousefian, a UC Davis graduate student.

Shannon Giammichele, sophomore UC Davis student, was one of the protesters who was pepper sprayed by the police.

“I quickly covered, and next thing you knew you just heard the sound of spray going off and felt it in your mouth and your nose,” Giammichele said. “I accidentally slipped the lower part of my cover and inhaled pepper spray, so I ended up being transported to the hospital because I have asthma, and I had an asthma attack as a result. It was all over my hands so I go it in my eyes.”

Many protesters on Saturday echoed Giammichele’s sentiments, and a general sense of disbelief and confusion was evident among the crowd.

“I don’t understand why they did it. We were just sitting there so peacefully, it’s just really hard to understand,” Giammichele said.

Throughout Saturday afternoon and evening, the group chanted things such as, “You can leave in peace” and “Chancellor, if you can hear us, we will not harm you, we have the world as our witness.”

The protesters focused on making the event peaceful, chanting

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Protesters linked arms and stood around their encampment as police approached them Friday afternoon on the Quad.

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Evka Whaley-Mayda, a sophomore art studio major, gets treated by a member of the UC Davis Fire Department after being pepper sprayed by police on Friday afternoon.

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Chancellor Katehi’s husband, Spyros Tseregouni, drove their car and parked near the entrance of Surge II, where he waited for Katehi following the press conference.

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Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi walked past hundreds of silent students who were sitting down and holding hands as she exited Surge II after the conference on Saturday night.

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Protesters filled the street as they celebrated Chancellor Katehi’s departure from the press conference on Saturday evening.

“This is not a negotiation, this is not a hostile situation.”

AggieTV and other local news outlets kept a live stream of the events online. By the time Katehi exited the building, the stream was being viewed by over 600 people. Major news sources such as CNN covered the event, and both Twitter and Facebook were used by protesters to spread the word.

After select protesters negotiated with officials inside, the chancellor’s husband moved her car from right outside the building to farther down the road.

At 6:50 p.m., approximately two hours and 20 minutes after the press conference ended, the protesters sat on the ground in complete silence as Katehi left the building and walked to her car.

Katehi walked past hundreds of people, making eye contact with individual students. Participants described the scene as haunting.

As Katehi neared her car, someone asked her if she still felt threatened by students. She said no, got into her car and was driven away.

Protesters rejoiced afterward, chanting “Whose university? Our university!” and rushed into the street.

“I think that now it’s a matter of the university realizing that it’s not just a few students that are protesting, but it’s a mass of students who are upset with this and disagree with their policies,” Yousefian said.

In a statement released by University of California President Mark Yudof Sunday morning, Yudof denounced actions taken by police officers on UC campuses in response to protests.

“I am appalled by images of University of California students being doused with pepper spray and jabbed with police batons on our campuses,” Yudof said. “I intend to do everything in my power as president of this university to protect the rights of our students, faculty and staff to engage in non-violent protest.”

Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on theaggie.org on Nov. 19. The article has been edited to reflect updates.

HANNAH STRUMWASSER can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

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Aggies revel in rivalry win

Trevor Cramer

Frustrating win?

N

o one should take anything away from the UC Davis football team’s win in the Causeway Classic on Saturday.

The Aggies fought hard, ran the ball well and ultimately came away victorious in what most fans would consider their most important game of this season.

Yet as I watched the final seconds tick off the clock, my joy as a fan was tempered by an underlying question: Where has this type of effort been all season?

In their biggest triumph of 2011, the Aggies showed exactly why they have been such a frustrating squad this year. The team is capable of playing at a high level and competing with the best schools at the Football Championship Subdivision level, but at the same time, their levels of intensity fluctuated week to week throughout the season.

UC Davis clearly brought all the energy it needed against its two biggest rivals: Cal Poly and Sacramento State.

Prior to kickoff in those games, the Aggies showed a great deal of excitement on the sideline, drawing the crowd into the game.

UC Davis also ran the ball well in both contests, posting 149 yards against the Mustangs and an impressive 206 yards against the Hornets.

Not surprisingly, the Aggies won both games, giving their fans bragging rights in both the Battle for the Golden Horseshoe and the Causeway Classic.

Yet on far too many occasions this season, UC Davis failed to play at a competitive level.

The most glaring example obviously came in the embarrassing 23-17 loss to Humboldt State in Aggie Stadium.

While failing to defeat a Division II team on your home field speaks for itself, even more frustrating was that, UC Davis rushed for just 78 yards, averaging 2.4 yards per-carry. This type of rushing production is unacceptable, especially coming against an undersized defensive front.

Another failure to display maximum effort came in UC Davis’ matchup between the Cal Poly and Sacramento State games, against North Dakota.

In a lack-luster effort, UC Davis managed just seven points on under 230 yards of total offense.

The problems in the game were spotlighted on a single play.

Late in the fourth quarter, the Aggies were driving to tie the game with a touchdown.

The offense stagnated near midfield, leading to a key fourth and 10 play.

Breaking through the defense on fourth down is difficult enough, especially considering that backup quarterback Austin Heyworth had just entered the game, but the error came not from the play on the field but from the lack of communication off it.

Heyworth clearly did not receive the play call until the play clock was nearly expired, leading him to rush the team to the line of scrimmage and snap the ball before the offense was prepared for action.

Needless to say, the Aggies failed to convert and they ultimately lost the game.

Juxtapose that with the impressive offensive production seen on Saturday, and fans can’t help but ask: Where has this team been

See CRAMER, page 5

UC Davis closes season with victory over Sacramento State FOOTBALL

By CAELUM SHOVE Aggie Sports Writer

The football team finished their 2011 campaign with a win, beating Sacramento State 23-19 in the 58th Causeway Classic.

The Aggies first road win of the season brought their final record to 4-7, ensuring that they avoided their first eight-loss season in more than fifty years.

Saturday’s contest showcased the same football the UC Davis has been playing all year, albeit with one large exception. There was solid defense, a balanced rushing and passing attack and consistent special teams.

The large exception came from freshman running back Colton Silveria, who ran rampant against the Hornets.

The team’s leading rusher finished the contest with 170 yards and a touchdown.

It was the first 100-yard rushing performance by a single player for UC Davis this season and the most single-game rush yards for an Aggie since the 2000 season.

For head coach Bob Biggs the result wasn’t extraordinary, but rather a product of the team’s

hard work throughout the season.

“We played with the same intensity [as always],” Biggs said. “There’s no magic formula.

We just played with great effort and executed.”

As always, the defensive execution was strong for the Aggies.

UC Davis gave up less than 20 points for the third consecutive week and held Sacramento State to 3 of 16 on third down conversions. “[We] didn’t give Sacramento consistency with their offense,” Biggs said. “We forced them to do things that they [didn’t want] to do.”

Junior Byron Gruendl led the way with nine tackles, one sack and a forced fumble.

Offensively, the Aggies were able to break free for some big plays, something that hadn’t happened very often this season.

A 66-yard run from Silveria set up the final UC Davis field goal, which gave the Aggies a decisive 23-13 lead with just over two minutes remaining.

“We ran the ball well,” Biggs said. “[We] got some big plays in the run game and hit a big pass play. That’s going to happen in games like this.”

Senior kicker Sean Kelley made all three of his field goal attempts in the game.

Quarterback Randy Wright finished 14-23 for 171 yards with one interception.

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Freshman Colton Silveria rushed for 170 yards against Sacramento State on Saturday.

When the clock reached zero, the Aggies were finally able to celebrate, having sent 14 seniors out with a win against the rival Hornets.

“It was great to get wins against Cal Poly and Sacramento State for our seniors,” sophomore receiver Tom Hemmingsen said. “This is a great group of guys who represent what Aggie pride is all about.”

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Stanford stifles UC Davis Early run sparks Cardinal to double-digit win MEN’S BASKETBALL

By TREVOR CRAMER Aggie Sports Writer

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Sophomore Josh Ritchart led UC Davis with 19 points against Stanford on Friday night.

The atmosphere in the Pavilion was electric.

Nearly 4,500 fans filled the arena as Stanford came to Davis to revisit the site of the Aggies 64-58 upset over the Cardinal in 2005.

No such drama would ensue this time, however, as UC Davis fell 70-49.

The Aggies got off to a slow start, as the Cardinal was able to reach the basket at will early on, converting several lay-ups and dunks to take a 21-8 lead in the first 11 minutes.

“I think we were kind of a deer in headlights [in the early going],” said coach Jim Les. “They were the aggressor on the road and I thought we were a little too passive, kind of waiting for things to happen versus making things happen.”

The Cardinal shot over 50 percent from the field and scored 22 points in the paint during the opening frame.

By contrast the Aggies shot just 35 percent and netted eight points in the paint during the period.

Stanford maintained that level of play through

the remainder of the first half, taking a 36-19 lead into the break.

UC Davis started the second frame with a 9-0 run to cut the deficit to single digits. It was not enough, however, as Stanford outscored UC Davis 34-30 in the second frame, stretching the lead to 26 before settling for the 21-point win.

“I thought the second half approach, again, [showed] signs of improvement,” Les said. “We weren’t able to sustain it but the intensity and aggressiveness was a lot better.”

The loss moved UC Davis to 1-4 this season, with its lone victory coming over UC Santa Cruz last week.

Sophomore Josh Ritchart led all scorers with 19 points, while fellow sophomore Harrison DuPont was the only other Aggie in double-figures with 10.

Stanford had three players in double-figures, led by Anthony Brown with 14.

Overall, the Cardinal out-shot the Aggies 47.5 percent to 38.5 percent.

UC Davis will return to action Tuesday against rival Sacramento State. The game will tip off at approximately 7 p.m. as the second half of a double-header with women’s basketball.

TREVOR CRAMER can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

Aggie seniors go out on top

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UC Davis sweeps Pacific VOLLEYBALL

By TREVOR CRAMER Aggie Sports Writer

There could not have been a more fitting ending.

Senior Betsy Sedlak recorded the block to give UC Davis a 3-0 win over Pacific, drawing cheers from the crowd as the Aggies finished their season with a victory.

It was the final game in the career of both Sedlak, who leads UC Davis in career hitting percentage at .336, and fellow senior Katie Denny, who has been a fixture of the UC Davis lineup for four

years.

The match got off to a bit of a rocky start for the Aggies, but they battled Pacific to secure a 25-21 victory in the first set.

UC Davis then followed that with a 25-22 second frame triumph before finishing things off with a 25-23 third set.

“Figuring out the game as it was being played was key for us,” said coach Jamie Holmes. “I was proud that our players were able to pick up on [Pacific’s] weaknesses and exploit them.”

The victory was the perfect way to send off two of the best players in UC

Fourth athletics town hall meeting breaks trend Final meeting gives more balanced appeal

By TREVOR CRAMER Aggie Sports Editor

The last of four town hall meetings to discuss the hiring of a new athletics director was held on Wednesday.

Like the three previous meetings, the talk centered on the Dempsey Report, which proposes paths for UC Davis athletics to make a transition from the current “educational model” to a “business model.” The change could include cutting five sports or significantly altering athletics spending in order to raise the ratio of dollars per student

athlete.

While the meeting covered the same topics, the tone was very different from the heavily anti-Dempsey Report sentiments seen in the prior three meetings.

Indeed for the first time a pro-Dempsey Report speaker kicked off the proceedings.

“When we made the move to Division I, there was a great deal of excitement and energy,” said alumnus and former Aggie Pack MC Chris Perry. “Now that momentum is gone.

There is stagnation within

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Cross Country This afternoon the fastest collegiate runners from across the nation will assemble for the NCAA Division I Championship.

For the second consecutive year, senior Jonathan Peterson will represent the Aggies as the sole runner for UC Davis.

Peterson is one of 38 collegiate athletes from across the country that will be running the 10K race. The runners were selected through

an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process based on last week’s NCAA Regional meets. Peterson was announced as an atlarge qualifier after placing 10th in the West Regional with a time of 29:30.

Based on Peterson’s successful career with UC Davis, the Aggies will be represented well in this final event of the cross country season.

— Kaitlyn Zufall